[SWFObject] Flash detection problem (Lacy Garrison)

[Anthony Connelly]

Lacy, that happens to be the same version of IE that I
had trouble with. I couldn't see any examples of
SWFObject like,
http://www.slideshowpro.net/demo/demo_default.php. In
fact, I then noticed that Flash detection was failing
on most sites.
Not sure if this is your problem but here is what I
did:

My Flash uninstaller was not listed in the control
panel software. I simply downloaded the uninstaller
from Adobe ran it, then re-installed. Here is the
link:
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_14157

Please let me know if that was the same problem.


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> Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 18:29:50 -0400
> From: "Lacy Garrison" <lacy at kickapps.com>
> Subject: [SWFObject] Flash detection problem
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> I have beating my head against a Flash detection
> problem for a few days.
> 
>  
> 
> I've downloaded swfobject.js and followed the
> instructions on how to use it.
> However, the Flash detection fails in a specific
> version of IE
> (6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519) with Flash
> Player 8.0.24.0
> installed.
> 
>  
> 
> Has anyone seen this problem? Any advice you can
> give would be greatly
> appreciated.
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> Thank you,
> 
>  
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> Lacy Garrison 
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> Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 15:38:04 -0700
> From: "Michael Williams" <miwillia at adobe.com>
> Subject: Re: [SWFObject] Flash detection problem
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> This is a known issue with the detection that
> SWFObject and the
> Macromedia Detection kit use. The
> axo.GetVariable("$version"); call
> crashes Flash Player 6.0 prior to version r47. So we
> created some work
> around scripts to default to specific values if we
> can figure out that
> you have a player that will crash or have problems
> with the simpler
> GetVariable path. This script will be made public in
> a few weeks after
> we have completed testing. Geoff might want to take
> elements of it and
> add them to the SWFObject since I know he has had
> the same issue. Just
> make sure you give attribution to Adobe. 
> 
> Here is the updated script.
> DetectFlashVer(reqMajorVer, reqMinorVer,
> reqRevision) is the main function:
> 
> // Flash Player Version Detection - Rev 1.5
> // Detect Client Browser type
> // Copyright 2006 Adobe Systems, Inc. All rights
> reserved.
> var isIE  = (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE") !=
> -1) ? true : false;
> var isWin =
> (navigator.appVersion.toLowerCase().indexOf("win")
> != -1) ?
> true : false;
> var isOpera = (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Opera")
> != -1) ? true :
> false;
> 
> function ControlVersion()
> {
> 	var version;
> 	var axo;
> 	var e;
> 
> 	// NOTE : new ActiveXObject(strFoo) throws an
> exception if
> strFoo isn't in the registry
> 
> 	try {
> 		// version will be set for 7.X or greater players
> 		axo = new
> ActiveXObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.7");
> 		version = axo.GetVariable("$version");
> 	} catch (e) {
> 	}
> 
> 	if (!version)
> 	{
> 		try {
> 			// version will be set for 6.X players only
> 			axo = new
> ActiveXObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.6");
> 			
> 			// installed player is some revision of 6.0
> 			// GetVariable("$version") crashes for versions
> 6.0.22 through 6.0.29,
> 			// so we have to be careful. 
> 			
> 			// default to the first public version
> 			version = "WIN 6,0,21,0";
> 
> 			// throws if AllowScripAccess does not exist
> (introduced in 6.0r47)		
> 			axo.AllowScriptAccess = "always";
> 
> 			// safe to call for 6.0r47 or greater
> 			version = axo.GetVariable("$version");
> 
> 		} catch (e) {
> 		}
> 	}
> 
> 	if (!version)
> 	{
> 		try {
> 			// version will be set for 4.X or 5.X player
> 			axo = new
> ActiveXObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.3");
> 			version = axo.GetVariable("$version");
> 		} catch (e) {
> 		}
> 	}
> 
> 	if (!version)
> 	{
> 		try {
> 			// version will be set for 3.X player
> 			axo = new
> ActiveXObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.3");
> 			version = "WIN 3,0,18,0";
> 		} catch (e) {
> 		}
> 	}
> 
> 	if (!version)
> 	{
> 		try {
> 			// version will be set for 2.X player
> 			axo = new
> ActiveXObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash");
> 			version = "WIN 2,0,0,11";
> 		} catch (e) {
> 			version = -1;
> 		}
> 	}
> 	
> 	return version;
> }
> 
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